Acute postoperative complications

Emergencies in Urology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 364-429

  Seitz, M ^a   Schlenker, B ^a   Stief, Ch ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-48605-3_29     Document Type: Chapter

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